Coal-car.



J. SKANDORA.

COAL CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY3 l96 RENEWED FEB l3 Pat-outed Nun: '30, M7.

UNITED ST 'rEs PATEN'JD. a razor summons, or aacnm, wrsoor em.

.1,220,01a. specimen 9 Patent P atented Ma. 20,"

Appliance-fled any a, 1910, lerial no. 1o7,saa

may concern:

v wn .that I, Janos subject of 'the King of Hungary, residing county. of Racine and State invented. certain new Coal-Cars, of is a specification.

t of this invention is Situation, 9. W z

' arranged for jlburnaling the wheelairles *1 at Racine, in the of Wisconsin, have and useful Improvements, in" which the following The primary ob ec the provision of a strong car adapted coal mines, coke furnaces or general use,'the such as to provide rigidity for the w eel bearings and car cured thereto, the said main plate being pro construction bein Pr m. A further ob ect ofthe invention 13 to running gear, for cars having a parting great strength to t e car and arranged with an advantaort for the car body. ese general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature ofthe on is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, companying drawings;

In the drawings formin on and in which axle bearing im nal an annular s1 ioulder. 1Q- of theMaidIe JTh illustrated in the acand then claimed.

a part of this he designating characters refer to corresponding parts Renewed February 1a, 1017. Serial No. nus

consists of 'a centrally contracted" upper ournal plate for the "can transversely of t is opposite'ends thereof b; cooperating with lower journal plates 12 videdwith U-sh aped brackets 13 ddjucli thev axles 11 for. mounting. the car body" thereon. 1..

The journalingghead lh att ched v main plate 10 11 site, journalin'gl groov resting u onftha axles 11, a substantiallly semi-circa ar fla ngey 17 being arran'g each end-of the beads with areas in 7c socket 18 of greater diameter than gr'uve 16 and aiapted to'verlie and )OflI-iii usual form of ranged track-wheels a. secured to the axles 11- outw'a" of flanges 17. r j.

The lower 'ou rnal plates 12; rovid with longitu in Ll receivin grooves l fo inclosing the lower sides 0 the axles 11 said journal plates 12 being secured-w th main plate 10 for journalin "theairles therebetween by means of bets 22.6. w

The U-shaped mounting brackets 1 are positioned upon the main plate 10 adja-fi I cent the beads 15. bein maintainedup l fijas throughout the several views rel is a top plan view ent orm of running, gear construction or a car adaptable for gener Fig. 2 isan end car body support broken away. Fig. 3Vis an corner portion 0 Fig. 4 is an inve -a corner portion of "provided with ehoulders 2 3 uponwhichath ion thereof with the ed thereon-and partially enlarged detail view of a f the same partly in; section.

rted perspective view of the main plate of'the erspective view of anend portion-of one o the bottom journal plates em- I ployed. with the main plates. Fi gtfi is a perspective jmounting brackets emp of one of. the loyed for the: car

of the separate lates of a running gear or coal cars.

top plan view by means of an inw'ar 1y arranged rseries jofj securing bolts 2E5 while the said brackets 11 car body 14 is positioned andsecilred means of bolts Z4 Grease cupsYBl new riedby :the beads 15 for. lubricat g t axlesllu.

In Fi' of. ;he drawing a former mainf plate is must rated esipeeially designed'for coke furnace (lll'S an haying: journ beads 26 at its opposite-ends for receiving the wheel axles (not sh'owmfin substantially the samemanmras the construction shown. in 'Fig. 1, it bring understood that similar?- lower journalir g plat/es and'body mountin brackets are p1ov1dedftherefor. A centra 'openin 27 1S provided jliiin the plate 25 .adapte to all aw the colreto pass therethrough into the furnace positioned there-.

beneath in the usual manner, corner re n- 10b forcing plates t2 being provided for the said openings. 3 V

Fig. 8 illustrates aconstruction designedi -for coal cars a; id in which opposite journ" derstood 'that' the rovision, of a running with mounting bra f f It being 1111 resides in the Q for. cars provi ed plates 28 arepi 'ovided connected-whar f a pivoted link i :9,1tlie said plates e having: a longitudinl l= journaling 5.80 for mounting u on the wheel axles (not shown), it being an erstood that similar lower plates are employed with the plates 28 secured thereto in any desired manner.

A strong running gear for cars adapted to be moved upon a track is thus arranged, the construction being easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

I claim A car running gear- 'comprising a main upper plate having transverse beads at its opposite ends arranged with journaling grooves "on their under sides and having semi-circular flanges at the ends of the said moves with jonrnaling sooktsmf greater fiia'meter than the said rooves lower iour- 1 flanges, lubricating means for the said axles carried by the upper plate beads, and U- shaped brackets transversely secured to the said upper plate adjaceritto and inwardly of the said beads thereof and having our body receiving angular shoulders.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAKOB SKANDORA. 

